Two Santa Barbara County leaders from opposite ends of the political spectrum cordially passed the gavel Tuesday as 2nd ...

A wildfire continues to burn on Mt. Ogi straddling Uenohara and Otsuki cities in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, on Jan. 8, 2026. (Kyodo) KOFU, Japan (Kyodo) -- A wildfire broke out Thursday in ...

Uenohara, Yamanashi Pref., Jan. 9 (Jiji Press)--A forest fire continued to burn on Mount Ogi in Uenohara, Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, on Friday. The fire broke out in a forest near the foot ...

Firefighters continued to battle a wildfire on Jan. 10 on Mount Ogiyama straddling the Yamanashi Prefecture cities of Uenohara and Otsuki two days after being reported. Helicopters dumped water onto ...

Central Japan's Yamanashi prefecture has ordered the evacuation of nearly 150 residents following the outbreak of a forest fire on Mt. Ougi. New bishop of Diocese of Kalibo named Kate Middleton's path ...

Workers at a traditional dessert shop in the central prefecture of Yamanashi are busy making rice cakes for the New Year. The store in Kofu City has been in business for 104 years. It devotes time to ...

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A series of earthquakes rocked Shimane and Tottori prefectures on Tuesday morning, beginning with a magnitude 6.4 shake at 10:18 a.m. measuring a strong 5 on Japan’s seismic intensity scale. While ...

Practical storage of vast amounts of surplus energy from wind, solar, and other renewables for later use has been the quest of researchers for years. Without a solution, the use of clean energy is ...